Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]mighty threats and mighty heros.... we need to remember and I thank Nathan for his view from Europe. I sent your note on to some of my friends, Nathan. powerful memories... Steve > Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >> Today is May 8th, the day World War II ended in Europe. In many >> countries various solemn events are taking place. I will visit the >> Commonwealth cemetery near Arnhem tomorrow morning. >> >> On this day, as a son of a Holocaust surviver, I want to remember and to >> thank the people who made victory over Nazi Germany possible: >> >> - the Russians who lost 20 million people during the war and whose stand >> at Stalingrad was arguably the turning point of the war, certainly on >> the Eastern Front; >> >> - the Americans who brought their military and industrial might to bear >> on the opposite side of Europe; >> >> - and most of all, the British, who persevered during the darkest hour >> in 1940, when all of the Continent was either occupied or neutral, the >> Soviet Union had its non-aggression pact with Hitler, and the USA was >> happily neutral on the other side of the Atlantic. If Britain had >> fallen, there would have been no Western Front, no place for the USA >> from which to stage D-Day, no future for this continent. >> >> May their sacrifices never be forgotten. >> >> Nathan